When I was pregnant, we ate a lot of my favorite comfort food. Noodles with butter and parm cheese. You can add zuchinni for a little more nutrition. This isn't the healthiest meal, but it's filling and quick and it is a major comfort food for me.

I also ate a lot of apples and cheese, cut up so that I could alternate bites.

I've been trying to use the crock pot a lot more- and take advantage of the moments that I actually have energy

Last night I put 5 or 6 chicken breasts in the crock pot, covered them with lime (3 TBS) and chili powder (1 TBS) (mix those first) and added a clove of pressed garlic cooked on low for about 6 hours I think (it was ready earlier...we weren't) and then I shredded it.

It was great in tacos, and DH had it on a salad, it had a good flavor and was super easy.

A variation we've had before is add a can of corn and jar of salsa at the end after you've shredded the chicken and that was very good as well, and even snuck a few veggies in

When pregnant I used my slow cooker alot as well. Like the pp said, allowed me to cook in the morning while I had a bit of energy.

Otherwise, I think for like 2 months in a row for lunch I had one avocado, sliced, with lime juice and salt (obviously I didn't have blood pressure issues...) Yummy! Sometimes I'd mix things up by adding hummus and carrots on the side. That only works if you're only feeding yourself tho!

Dump one can of canned salmon or chicken into a bowl and flake. Add a half-pint of kimchi (for the salmon), a spoon of coconut oil, some salt, a diced rib of celery, a clove of crushed garlic, a diced bell pepper (for the salmon), grape halves (for the chicken), pecans (for the chicken), some mayo, and you can add grated or chopped carrot, cooked quinoa or chopped boiled eggs.

I like to have my homemade tuna salad (although my husband likes me to limit the amount of tuna in our diet). I use cottage cheese, drained tuna, vinegar, chopped celery, chopped onions and tons of fresh black pepper (all to taste). I spent a couple of weeks with my mom and grandma this past summer and I got both of them hooked on it and it is so easy to make. I am starving! I need to stop talking about food.

Not often but sometimes. I have made it 3 times since I became pregnant. I can't control a craving and having a small amount of tuna is better to me than me biting my husbands’ head off because I can't have something. I have done wonderfully with diet while pregnant, but sometimes you just got to have what you want. I tried making it with chicken, tofu, chickpeas, and hard-boiled eggs but it wasn't the same, I wanted the tuna taste. I know the views of the CDC (I actually work for the CDC ) and others about tuna but denying a pregnant woman a craving can be dangerous (my poor husband found this out the hard way).

Rice in a rice cooker. Throw sausage or any meat on top when it's mostly cooked. It'll cook the meat. Any already prepared sauce, kimchi, saurkraut, soy sauce, anything to add flavor so you don't have to (unless the sausage is pretty flavorful).

I no longer eat tuna (while pregnant or not pregnant). I'm just not comfy with it.

Whole foods and similar stores sell canned wild salmon, which isn't as inexpensive as tuna, but is still very reasonably priced for some decent protein. It works for me as a decent substitute, and my toddler likes it a lot. I'm sure it won't work for everyone, but throwing it out there as an option.

When I am at my most tired pg times I seem to have an aversion to all meat, fish and chicken. So it is salad, salad, salad for me. I usually have canned chickpeas or white beans or some sort of bean to throw in for protien. Baby greens, spinach, red onion, pine nuts. I make a different dressing each time.

When I was pg, I was often too tired to cook, plus we were dirt broke. My fave meal was whole wheat pancakes with peanut butter and applesauce. I'd toss an extra egg and some protein powder or soy flour into the batter, and use natural applesauce. It used up eggs and milk and peanut butter I got from WIC. All I really had to spring for was flour and baking powder. I got to where I could make pancakes in my sleep.

Pancakes are still one of our fave meals, though DD is allergic to eggs and peanut butter...

Dump one can of canned salmon or chicken into a bowl and flake. Add a half-pint of kimchi (for the salmon), a spoon of coconut oil, some salt, a diced rib of celery, a clove of crushed garlic, a diced bell pepper (for the salmon), grape halves (for the chicken), pecans (for the chicken), some mayo, and you can add grated or chopped carrot, cooked quinoa or chopped boiled eggs.

This is one of the best sounding Chicken Salad recipies.... Off to put to in my notebook!

I do crockpot or soups a lot now that I don't feel like cooking. My favorite is chicken soup. Simply boil whatever chicken you have (I use thighs because they're cheaper) in a big pot with just enough water to cover. You can add some boullion if you want. When it's done, take them out to cool, so you can debone. Add a chopped onion, carrots and celery and mushrooms. Simmer until veggies are tender, debone and tear up chicken into chunks, add back to pot. If you like it creamy, add a can of evaporated milk. Add spices to taste, usually sage, garlic, black pepper, parsley. Add noodles before serving. Takes a while to make, but you don't do everything at once. I start it after lunch, do other things, come back to add veggies, etc. So it's not a lot of work, and it's done for supper.
Another good one that just simmers all day is chili. Or a big pot of ham and beans. Anything I can do a little at a time is good now! I don't feel like spending an hour or two at a time standing in the kitchen, and I make enough for leftovers to freeze too.